Rein-guide



7 (No Model.)

J. O. HAVENS, RBIN GUIDE.

No. 437,197. Patent ed Sept. 30, 1890.

' or saddle to the hands of the driver.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JANE C. HAVENS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RElN-GUIDE.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,197, dated September 30, 1890. Application filed November 18, 1889- Serial No. 330,787- (No model.)

To allwhom/ it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JANE O. HAVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rein-Guides and Rests for Harness; and I do hereby declare the following to be a sufficiently full,

clear, and exact description thereof as to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the said invention.

This invention relates to harness for horses used in drawing vehicles, and has for its object the support and guidance of the reins at points on the harness which avoid the annoyance and danger attendant upon the dropping of the reins and the eifort to regain them; and it consists of a bracket-hook adapted to be adjustably attached to the hip-straps of the harness, in and through which the reins pass from the eyes or rings upon the terret The construction and operation and its application to use are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a side elevation of the parts of the harness involved with this invention applied thereto, and Fig. 2 an enlarged perspective View of the invention.

The same reference-marks indicate like parts in both figures.

1 represents the crupper-strap of a harness, extending from the saddle 2 to the crupper 3. 4 represents the breech-band, suspended from the crupper-strap 1 by the hip-straps 5. 6 represents the rein guide or support, having a large bow or bend at the lower part and contracted at the upper part, so that the reins may slide easily in the lower part but will not be readily jolted out of the upper part. A cleft or clevis 12 is formed on one side of the hook, of such width as to receive the thickness and breadth of the hip-strap 5 and permit a screw to be inserted in the hole 13 and contract the cleft 12 on the hip-strap, so that it may be firmly clamped in any desired position on the hip-strap without injury to the strap.

I am aware that rein-guides have been applied to hip-straps of harness which required perforation to be made in the hip-straps to apply and secure them. These I do not claim; but

What I do claim is- A rein-guide having a bow or hook adapted to receive and support the rein, and provided with 'a compressible cleft or clamp comprising two arms at right angles to the hook, having perforated projections 12, and a bolt or screw 13, passing through the projections, adapted to be adjusted and clamped upon the hip-straps of the harness without mutilation of said straps, substantially as described and shown.

JANE o; HAVENS.

Witnesses:

J. DANIEL EBY, S. LLOYD WIEGAND. 

